The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Connecticut voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Clinton won the state by 13.64%, a smaller margin of victory than outgoing President Barack Obama's 17.33% in 2012. Clinton carried six of the state's eight counties; however, Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Windham County since George H. W. Bush in 1988. This is the first election since 1940 in which Connecticut did not vote the same as Michigan, something that would be seen again in 2024.
Trump's strongest county in the state was rural Litchfield County, while Clinton's biggest win was in adjacent, more urban Hartford County. Areas that swung in Clinton's favor were mainly concentrated in suburban Fairfield County, in towns like Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, and Westport. This area is home to many New York City commuters. Other Democratic swings happened in suburbs outside Hartford, such as Avon, Granby, East Granby, and Glastonbury, as well as outside New Haven, in towns like Guilford, Madison, and Woodbridge. This was the first time since 1888 that Darien and the first time since 1912 that Easton voted Democratic, largely due to opposition to the populist Trump among historically Republican affluent and educated voters. By contrast, areas that swung hard for Trump were mainly located in Windham County and northern New London County, in towns like Killingly, Sterling, Plainfield, and Voluntown.Statement of Vote This mirrored a national trend of Trump gaining White working-class support.
Primary elections Democratic primary
Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:
Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton Rocky De La Fuente
Opinion polling
Results
Republican primary
Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: Ben Carson (withdrawn) Ted Cruz John Kasich Donald Trump
Opinion polling
Results
General election
Polling
Clinton won every pre-election poll conducted. An average of the final 3 polls showed Clinton leading 49% to 38%, and the final poll showed Clinton leading Trump 50% to 35%.
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofLos Angeles Times November 6, 2016CNNNovember 4, 2016Cook Political ReportNovember 7, 2016Electoral-vote.comNovember 8, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report November 7, 2016Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 7, 2016RealClearPoliticsNovember 8, 2016Fox NewsNovember 7, 2016
Results
By county County Hillary ClintonDemocratic Donald TrumpRepublican Gary JohnsonLibertarian Jill SteinGreen Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Fairfield 243,852 57.89% 160,077 38.00% 11,691 2.78% 4,866 1.16% 723 0.18% 83,775 19.89% 421,209Hartford 240,403 59.09% 148,173 36.42% 11,997 2.95% 5,680 1.40% 611 0.15% 92,230 22.67% 406,864Litchfield 39,775 40.82% 53,051 54.44% 3,004 3.08% 1,441 1.48% 171 0.17% -13,276 -13.62%97,442Middlesex 45,357 51.18% 38,867 43.86% 2,760 3.11% 1,497 1.69% 143 0.16% 6,490 7.32% 88,624New Haven 205,609 54.25% 159,048 41.96% 9,119 2.41% 4,757 1.26% 473 0.13% 46,561 12.29% 379,006New London 62,278 50.42% 54,058 43.76% 4,744 3.84% 2,220 1.80% 228 0.19% 8,220 6.66% 123,528Tolland 38,506 49.73% 34,194 44.16% 3,181 4.11% 1,370 1.77% 173 0.23% 4,312 5.57% 77,424Windham 21,792 42.88% 25,747 50.66% 2,180 4.29% 1,010 1.99% 94 0.18% -3,955 -7.78% 50,823Total897,57254.57%673,21540.93%48,6762.96%22,8411.39%2,6160.16%224,35713.64%1,644,920
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Windham (largest town: Windham)
By congressional district Clinton won all five congressional districts. District Clinton Trump Representative 59% 36%John B. Larson 49% 46%Joe Courtney 56% 40%Rosa DeLauro 60% 37%Jim Himes 50% 46%Elizabeth Esty
Turnout According to Connecticut's Secretary of State Elections Night Reporting website, voter turnout was 76.94% with 1,675,934 voters checked reported out of 2,178,169 registered voters reported.Connecticut Secretary of State Elections Last edited 2020-07-9 Retrieved 2020-07-09
See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut First presidency of Donald Trump 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
References
External links RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions